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- guessmyname 7y agoThis key is one of the most famous examples of leaked keys [1]. It has also been mentioned in Hacker News discussions before [2]. And interestingly, is the only thing in this CIA document [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_licensing#Leaked_keys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume_licensing#Leaked_keys [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19298136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19298136 [3] https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/61/61C5FB27A2ECCBE2B3269A5589A7F518_serial.txt.doc.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/61/61C5FB27A...
- michannne 7y agoReminds me of this post on how CD keys worked back in the day [0] I remember feeling like such a badass when I encoded all the letters in STARCRAFT to use as the CD key and it let me in. [0]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3002067/how-are-software-license-keys-generated https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3002067/how-are-software...